If it keeps on rainin',
Levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin',
Levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks, I'll have no place to stay
Mean old levee
Taught me to weep and moan
Mean old levee
Taught me to weep and moan
It's got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home
Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home
And don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They got no work to do,
So you go north to Chicago
Cryin' won't help you,
Prayin' won't do you no good
Cryin' won't help you,
Prayin' won't do you no good
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move
All last night
Sat on the levee and moaned
All last night
Sat on the levee and moaned
Thinkin' about my baby and my happy home